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the producers of hurt locker's call but i went out of my way as john will verify to get a republican cia operative at the highest level, a republican navy s.e.a.l. and one of the leading historians in the world not american to bet all of the things in the film. i wanted the opposition to bet it. the president comes out heroic because he makes the decision by himself. hillary clinton and panetta say go, do the raid. joe biden and gates say don't do it. the president thinks overnight this is in the movie and says, give me one hour from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. the next day and authorizes the raid. it's not political, tis historical. i would not do anything political when it comes to making one of my movies. >> john stockwell, talk about what drew you to this topic, the drama, how compelling this is as harvey says, how historic it is and all of that is evident and there are other films and books about this. what draws you to this project? >> honestly i was very nervous because it's one of those pieces that very hard to vet. we started the process long before mark's book. but i just found it f
the producers of hurt locker's call but i went out of my way as john will verify to get a republican cia operative at the highest level, a republican navy s.e.a.l. and one of the leading historians in the world not american to bet all of the things in the film. i wanted the opposition to bet it. the president comes out heroic because he makes the decision by himself. hillary clinton and panetta say go, do the raid. joe biden and gates say don't do it. the president thinks overnight this is in...
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mike baker, a former cia officer and llc, and the group says they called earlier than the cia time line reveals and saying i've seen the group get together, look like they're going to attack and you've he got to help in benghazi through two way radio and cell phone. >> i'm in an interesting situation, i think people realize that, former cia and now, a partner in a large security and intelligence firm. i've seen a lot of security firms out there in hostile environments. i'm not going to disparage the blue mountain group, but i am going to say that the cia responded as soon as they got a call for help. the only reason the people got out of the consulate and to the base, the annex was because our guys, global response personnel. >> how many. >> less than a dozen made their way through the streets with small arms, they're not designed to carry out a long-term assault or defense. some type of cover to keep the whose tills out until the cavalry arrives ap the only reason the people got back to the annex and secured. >> brian: jennifer griffin reveals they had mach 48 machine guns. >> potent w
mike baker, a former cia officer and llc, and the group says they called earlier than the cia time line reveals and saying i've seen the group get together, look like they're going to attack and you've he got to help in benghazi through two way radio and cell phone. >> i'm in an interesting situation, i think people realize that, former cia and now, a partner in a large security and intelligence firm. i've seen a lot of security firms out there in hostile environments. i'm not going to...
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you can't trust the timeline that was just put out by the cia. fox already reported in the last few hours that there are people on the ground in libya that will directly refute their sequence of events. it is a coverup, judge. let's call it what it is, it is a coverup. and one of our veterans by the way pointed out to me that in watergate nobody died. and the fact is that we -- in order for the american people to get the full story they would have to be a bipartisan select committee like watergate and like severaller whos that we have had like iran contra and the facts need to be known and the facts can only come out that way. and any conclusions that the state department or any other government organization might have have to be discounted completely. and finally, you cannot have a situation like this continue to fester, it now turned into a centipede. another shoe just dropped a couple of hours ago and believe me, there are more. >> judge jeanine: senator, a lot of people are saying that the august 16 cable that serves as basically a smoking gu
you can't trust the timeline that was just put out by the cia. fox already reported in the last few hours that there are people on the ground in libya that will directly refute their sequence of events. it is a coverup, judge. let's call it what it is, it is a coverup. and one of our veterans by the way pointed out to me that in watergate nobody died. and the fact is that we -- in order for the american people to get the full story they would have to be a bipartisan select committee like...
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one, the cia told people on the ground to stand down instead of respond to the immediate attack, second that military help was forthcoming and it did not. the problem with the fox coverage is they have been so, you know, out over their skis criticizing the obama administration from the very outset of this that the investigative reporting itself raises questions about where fox comes from journal is particularly. there are unattributable quotes that if i were the reporter i would say, wait a minute, if you're going to say the response was incompetent and quote a single unnamed source to that, i want the detail when you're alleging that level of wrongdoing. >> right. >> this is a problem when you're tied fieing a strictly partisan news organization. when you have a scoop or reporting that might be compelling, people question it because they think you're just there to attack the presidents. i think there's enough in in the reporting and enough in the back and forth between fox and the cia that important questions have been raised and the press is not going get to the bottom of this. this n
one, the cia told people on the ground to stand down instead of respond to the immediate attack, second that military help was forthcoming and it did not. the problem with the fox coverage is they have been so, you know, out over their skis criticizing the obama administration from the very outset of this that the investigative reporting itself raises questions about where fox comes from journal is particularly. there are unattributable quotes that if i were the reporter i would say, wait a...
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cia clandestine base is evacuated. there has to be an accounting to the american people on what happened, why did it scmap at least some preliminary evidence of what we are doing about it, knowing there is going to be a loping-term investigation. and that should involve the president of the united states, a detailed briefing by the defense department, in terms of resources and what they did and a detailed briefing by the department of state. that should have been done weeks ago. we don't have the worries and we probably won't get answers until the investigative senate committees tart to do their work. >> bill: on that point, i know you think the bigger problem is not libya or benghazi, but the middle-east policy of the past several years. but to the general's point there, where would those investigations takes that folks like senator mccain and others are calling for? >> the subpoena, quite similar to the watergate hearings and you will have administration official pitted against administrative official. you will have
cia clandestine base is evacuated. there has to be an accounting to the american people on what happened, why did it scmap at least some preliminary evidence of what we are doing about it, knowing there is going to be a loping-term investigation. and that should involve the president of the united states, a detailed briefing by the defense department, in terms of resources and what they did and a detailed briefing by the department of state. that should have been done weeks ago. we don't have...
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>> well, i believe that the cia has denied that report. but that's what this independent review is all about, getting to the bottom of what happened and to insure that it never happens again. the american people can rest assured that the president of the united states is going to do that. >> for the obama for america campaign, ben, thank you. >> thanks, john. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus presents the cold truth. i have a cold... i took dayquil, but i still have a runny nose. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesn't work on runny noses. what? [ male announcer ] it doesn't have an antihistamine. really? [ male announcer ] really. alka-seltzer plus ld and c fights your worst cold symptoms, plus has a fast acting antihistamine to relieve your runny nose. [ sighs ] thank you! [ male announcer ] you're welcome. that's the cold truth! [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus. ♪ oh what a relief it is! ♪ [ male announcer ] try new alka-seltzer plus severe allergy to treat allergy symptoms, plus sinus congestion, an
>> well, i believe that the cia has denied that report. but that's what this independent review is all about, getting to the bottom of what happened and to insure that it never happens again. the american people can rest assured that the president of the united states is going to do that. >> for the obama for america campaign, ben, thank you. >> thanks, john. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus presents the cold truth. i have a cold... i took dayquil, but...